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Heinrich Heine famously said: 'Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.'

In the digital era, the act of 'burning books' has never been easier and therefore more prevalent.

We also don't call it burning a book and instead use the somewhat benign sounding: "deplatforming".

Whatever terminology used nowadays though, Heine's statement still holds true.

Those who deplatforming/censor ideas, thought and speech will not hesitate to also deal directly with the purveyors of said ideas, thought and speech.

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